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Sarah Sanders admitted her James Comey claim was a lie, says Mueller report
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told investigators it was a "slip of the tongue" when she falsely said in 2017 that countless members of the FBI had lost confidence in James Comey, according to special counsel Robert Mueller's report. Sanders made the comments ...
The nanny media we have now cannot be trusted and feeds into the demagogic framing of "fake news."
Facebook cracks down on groups spreading false and harmful info
Facebook says it is rolling out a wide range of updates aimed at combating the spread of false and harmful information on the social media site. The updates will limit the visibility of links found to be significantly more prominent on Facebook than across the ...
Singapore's 'fake news' laws upset tech giants and stoke censorship fears
Tech giants have reacted with horror after Singapore proposed laws against "fake news" allowing authorities to order the removal of content and impose hefty fines, in what critics say is an assault on free speech. A week ago, the government unveiled a bill containing tough ...
When India's election commission announced last month that its code of conduct would have to be followed by social media companies as well as political parties, some analysts scoffed, saying it lacked the capacity and speed required to check the spread of fake news ...
Brazil's Bolsonaro backs Trump wall, derides U.S.-bound immigrants as bent on doing harm
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro endorsed U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration agenda on the eve of their first meeting at the White House, saying he supports a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and that most immigrants to the United States wish to do harm. Bolsonaro, a ...
Nigeria in battle against fake news, sometimes lethal, ahead of elections
In Nigeria fake news can be so outlandish, yet widely believed, that the president recently felt compelled to declare that he had not died and been replaced by a Sudanese body double. "It's (the) real me, I assure you," President Muhammadu Buhari said late last ...
Facebook tightens EU political ad rules, adds 'paid for by' disclaimers
Facebook says it's tightening requirements for political ads in the European Union ahead of bloc-wide elections scheduled for the spring, its latest effort to fight misinformation and increase transparency on its platforms. The social media giant said Monday that starting in late March, political ad ...
Trump tells spokeswoman 'not to bother' with press briefings, claiming she is unfairly covered
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has told his chief spokeswoman, Sarah Sanders, "not to bother" with formal media briefings in the White House, because journalists don't cover her fairly. "The reason Sarah Sanders does not go to the 'podium' much anymore is that the ...
Facebook's WhatsApp limits users to five text forwards to curb 'misinformation and rumors'
Facebook Inc.'s WhatsApp is limiting worldwide the number of times a user can forward a message to five, starting on Monday, as the popular messaging service looks to fight "misinformation and rumors," company executives said on Monday. Previously, a WhatsApp user could forward a message ...
Facebook follows Google with $300 million in funds to support local-level journalism
Facebook announced Tuesday that it will invest $300 million over three years to support journalism, with an emphasis on promoting hard-hit local-level news organizations. The move, on the heels of a similar initiative by Google last year, comes with online platforms dominating the internet advertising ...
